Mountain Dew Pets Now Live (NA accounts only)

Good news, everyone—Bornakk over on the official WoW forums announced today in the General Discussion Forum that Blizzard's Mountain Dew giveaway contest has begun! To celebrate, they'll be giving away Battle Bot pets this week. Now's your time to go get one!

But wait—we have even better news for you EU players out there! So you might be wondering, "Huh? I thought Mountain Dew pets were only available for US accounts." Well, it looks like Csulok over at WoWRaid proved us wrong—he's actually discovered a way to obtain the Battle Bots on EU accounts!

Update - 2:35 PM PDT: EU Blizzard put up a Breaking News announcement to let everyone know that the Mountain Dew pets will be removed from players on EU realms, as they are NOT intended for them.

SERVERALERT:11/06 Rolling restarts

There will be rolling restarts of all realms to remove promotional items not intended for European realms starting at approximately 05:00, Paris time (CEST). Each realm will receive a 15 minute notice prior to being restarted.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Edit by MasterOfDisguise: Some posters who play on EU realms have reported unsuccessful attempts at claiming a pet. It's possible that this may have been unintended behavior that has been hotfixed out. As such, any EU player who's not claimed a pet may not be able to at this point. We're sorry if you're one of the people on that list. :(

Comment by Blackboy0

EDIT: Turns out you don't need to be in US. I live in Canada and I just signed up for a Battle.NET Account and I now have an epic lil' Battle Bot!

Comment by Rauno

on 2009-06-09T20:08:19-05:00

Oh yes! I got one too (EU Al'Akir) This worked perfectly.

How do I fuel this thing?

Comment by Birkeline

on 2009-06-09T20:29:09-05:00

Just tried. Guess the battle.net merge isn't complete in europe, because now I can't login :(

Oh well, guess it will work soon, just need to be patiant :)

On the bright side, it said I have gotten the pet. I just need to login :D

Waited 10 minutes. Hallo new pet!

Comment by Opkier

on 2009-06-09T20:41:08-05:00

Mountain Dew In-Game PetThe in-game pet is not available yet. A few things still need to be completed before it will be available so I don't have an exact time frame to provide. Keep an eye out though as it isn't too far out.

Being Canadian, I followed the directions at top, Battle.net says I'll get the pet. Just need to wait for it now.

Comment by Pazno

on 2009-06-09T21:07:36-05:00

The contests are US only. The pet never was meant to be US exclusive.

Comment by Tourlip

on 2009-06-09T21:29:41-05:00

Omg! It works for Russian accounts! *shocked*

Comment by SenSayNyu

on 2009-06-09T22:23:00-05:00

Omg! It works for Russian accounts! *shocked*

Thats how I feel!

Comment by ZachUSAman

on 2009-06-09T22:40:32-05:00

links not working T_T

Comment by Interest

on 2009-06-09T22:42:22-05:00

Ugh...I should have gotten one...

Comment by Roglol

on 2009-06-09T22:50:44-05:00

I'd like the pet, but I'd rather not have to type a 30 character email address just to log into WoW.

(No, I can't use as I have two accounts and it doesn't remember properly)

On that note.. can I even merge both WoW accounts with the Battle.net account, or would I need two Battle.net ones? Bah.

Comment by ZachUSAman

on 2009-06-09T22:53:09-05:00

Ugh...I should have gotten one...

eh, making the failnet account is a security risk.. do so at your own will.

Comment by Nukedoom

on 2009-06-09T22:58:07-05:00

Quick question: How long does the pet stay inside your mailbox before expiring?

I received the pet but I ran out of game-time...so...yeah.

Comment by Rikaku

on 2009-06-09T23:06:47-05:00

Quick question: How long does the pet stay inside your mailbox before expiring?

I received the pet but I ran out of game-time...so...yeah.

Mail generally lasts like 2 weeks+ if not more before being deleted.

Comment by Fanatical

on 2009-06-09T23:35:23-05:00

Mountian Dew! NOMNOMNOM!

Comment by DoctorLore

on 2009-06-09T23:40:00-05:00

How long does the pet take to arrive? It's been a while since I did it and I haven't got it yet.

Thanks for the awesome guide though :D

Comment by RaakaReiska

on 2009-06-10T00:16:15-05:00

I haven't merged WoW to Battle.Net but still tried and got this message:

"This item can only be delivered to a US World of Warcraft account.In order to receive a Battle-Bot pet, you must log in with a US World of Warcraft account after merging it with this Battle.net account.If you have a US World of Warcraft account, you can begin the merge process now."